EP0819846A1 - Fuel injection apparatus having cylinder screw for mounting fuel injector on engine - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
- F02M61/14—Arrangements of injectors with respect to engines; Mounting of injectors
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
- F02B3/00—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition
- F02B3/06—Engines characterised by air compression and subsequent fuel addition with compression ignition
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- the present invention relates to a fuel injection apparatus in which a fuel injector is mounted on an internal combustion engine through a cylinder screw.
- a cylinder screw for mounting a fuel injector on a cylinder head of a direct injection type engine in which fuel is injected directly into an engine cylinder.
- the cylinder screw is fitted around the outer periphery of the injector.
- the cylinder screw is threaded into the cylinder head to press the injector to the cylinder head.
- soot and the similar substances produced in the combustion are likely to accumulate between the nozzle part and the cylinder head and stick thereat.
- the injector must be shaken or pried to be detached from the cylinder head by using certain tools after unthreading the cylinder screw from the cylinder head, resulting in the difficulty in detaching work.
- the force applied to the injector deforms members constituting the magnetic circuit of the injector or varies the biasing force of a spring, resulting in changes in injection characteristics of the injector, i.e., fuel injection timing and fuel injection quantity. Thus, it becomes impossible to reuse the injector which has been detached once.
- the position of the injector is likely to displace in the turning direction even if the injector is held gripped by the tool.
- a cylinder screw is threaded into the cylinder head until it abuts the retaining nut for pressing the injector to the cylinder head.
- the injector is pressed to the cylinder head at an end position of the thread engagement part between the housing and the retaining nut which is opposite to the injector attaching direction.
- the distance between the position where the retaining nut is engaged with the cylinder head and the position where the retaining nut is pressed by the cylinder screw becomes long, increasing the deformation of the retaining nut by the tightening force of the cylinder screw.
- the increase in the deformation of the retaining nut increases the deformation of the injector constituting members, particularly, the deformation of members located within the axial length of the retaining nut.
- this attachment structure is applied to an electromagnetically-controlled injector, the air gap between a movable core and a stationary core may be shortened, a sliding clearance of movable parts may be reduced or fixing condition between members may be weakened.
- the deformation in the injector will cause changes in injection quantity and injection timing of the injector, making it difficult to provide the injection characteristics as designed.
- a cylindrical mounting member is used to mount or attach an injector to an engine.
- the injector has two engagement parts at which the mounting member abuts.
- the mounting member not only presses a first engagement part in a direction of attachment of the injector to a cylinder head but also presses a second engagement part in a direction opposite to the injector mounting direction.
- the injector and the cylinder head will be damaged less.
- the injector is therefore reusable after detachment because the injector maintains its injection characteristics.
- the first engagement part and the second engagement part of the injector are provided to reside in the cylinder head under the condition the injector is attached to the cylinder head.
- the distance between the soot-sticking part and the second engagement part becomes short, the deformation of the injector will be reduced even when the injector is detached with its second engagement part being pressed with a large force under the circumstance that the soot and the similar substances attach between the injector and the cylinder head strongly.
- an injector has a rotation restricting member.
- the rotation restricting member is engaged with a cylinder head at the time of attaching the injector to the cylinder head or connecting a fuel pipe to the injector. This restricts the injector from turning in a rotating direction to simplify mounting work. As the rotational position of the injector is thus maintained, the fuel injection direction of the injector can be set as designed.
- a thread tightening force of a connecting member applied at the time of connecting a fuel pipe is restricted from exerting on a side of the injector opposite to the connecting member.
- injector constituting members at the side opposite to the connecting member will not be deformed by the tightening force of the connecting member.
- a twisting force is applied only between the rotation restricting member and a part which is thread-engaged with the connecting member at the time of connecting the fuel pipe.
- an injector has a connecting member or a retaining nut which connects a nozzle body and a housing.
- a cylindrical mounting member abuts the connecting member at the lowermost part of a thread engagement part between the connecting member and the housing.
- a pressing member presses the mounting member to a cylinder head. This shortens the axial length of the injector held between the cylinder head and the mounting member and reduces deformation of injector constituting members at the time of attaching the injector to the cylinder head.
- the air gap between a movable core and a stationary core will be restricted from being shortened and the sliding clearance of a movable member will be restricted from being reduced, keeping the injection characteristics of the injector.
- an electromagnetically controlled fuel injector 10 of a fuel injection apparatus is mounted on a cylinder head 1 of an engine to directly inject fuel into a combustion chamber of each cylinder.
- the injector 10 is placed in position by a stopper 40 with respect to its rotating or circumferential direction.
- the injector 10 is attached by fitting into a mounting hole 2 of the cylinder head 1 by threading a cylinder screw 60 which functions as a cylindrical mounting member into the cylinder head 1.
- a housing 11 and a nozzle body 20 of the injector 10 are coupled to each other by a retaining nut 22 with a spacer 21 being sandwiched therebetween.
- the retaining nut 22 is formed with a reduced diameter part 22a at its lowermost end at the side of an injection hole 24.
- the reduced diameter part 22a is engaged with the nozzle body 20.
- the housing 11 and the nozzle body 20 are coupled by a thread engagement between a female thread 22b formed on the inner peripheral wall of the upper cylindrical wall of the retaining nut 22 and a male thread 11a formed on the outer peripheral wall of the housing 11.
- An annular flange 22c which functions as a first engagement part and protrudes radially outwardly is formed around the outer periphery of the retaining nut 22 at a position between the reduced diameter part 22a and the female thread 22b.
- the housing 11 is formed with a tapered surface 11b which functions as a second engagement part and abuts the cylinder screw 60 when the cylinder screw 60 moved upward.
- the tapered surface 11b is formed so that the outer diameter of the housing 11 reduces in the downward direction in Fig. 1, that is, as it comes closer to the side of injection hole 24 of the nozzle body 20.
- a needle valve 23 is housed reciprocally movably in the nozzle body 20. Fuel is injected through the injection hole 24 formed in the bottom end of the nozzle body 20 at the time the needle valve 23 is lifted from a valve seat 23 formed on the inside wall of the nozzle body 20.
- the injection hole 24 is formed to have a predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the injector 10.
- the injection hole 24 is formed to have the predetermined angle against the longitudinal axis of the injector 10 for the purpose that fuel is stratified and combusted in the combustion chamber of an in-cylinder direct injection type engine in which fuel is directly injected into the engine cylinder, that is, the fuel is injected to form a rich mixture around a spark plug (not shown) and a lean mixture in the remaining space with respect to an air-fuel mixture distribution.
- the mixture distribution in the cylinder should be optimumly controlled for the stratified combustion, it is required to provide injection hole 24 with the predetermined angle against the longitudinal axis of the injector 10 and to determine the position of the injector 10 with respect to the rotating direction of the injector 10 so that the fuel spray from the injection hole 24 may be directed in the predetermined direction in the cylinder.
- a movable core 30 is fixed by laser welding or the like to the needle valve 23 at its lower end.
- a stationary core 31 is placed inside the housing 11 to face the movable core 30 in the axial or longitudinal direction and has an air gap 36 against the stationary core 30.
- the stationary core 31 is fixed by laser welding or the like to the housing 11 at the top end of the housing 11.
- a spring 32 biases the movable core 30 to normally close the injection hole 24 by the needle valve 23. The biasing force of the spring 32 is adjusted by adjusting the axial position of an adjusting pipe 33 when the injector 10 is assembled.
- An exciting coil 34 is wound around a spool 35 and is disposed radially between the housing 11 and the stationary core 31.
- the needle valve 23 When the coil 34 is kept deenergized, the needle valve 23 is biased by the spring 32 to seat on the valve seat 20a and close the injection hole 24 so than no fuel is injected from the injection hole 24.
- the movable core 30 When the coil 34 is energized, the movable core 30 is attracted toward the stationary core 31 against the biasing force of the spring 32 by the attraction force in the air gap 36 caused by the magnetic force generated by the coil 34.
- the needle valve 23 lifts with the movable core 30 at this time and leaves from the valve seat 20a so that fuel is injected from the injection hole 24.
- a connector 41 is resin-molded with the housing 11 and the stationary core 31.
- a power receiving pin 42 housed in the connector 41 is electrically connected to the coil 34 to supply electric power to the coil 34.
- a pipe connector 51 connected to a fuel pipe 50 is pressed to the fuel inlet opening of the stationary core 31 by a retaining nut 52.
- the fuel flowing from the pipe 50 is subjected to filtering out foreign matters by a filter 43 and introduced into the injector 10.
- the stopper 40 is formed annularly and fixed to the stationary core 31 by welding, brazing or the like.
- the stopper 40 may be formed integrally with the stationary core 31.
- a protrusion 40a extending radially is formed on the stopper 40 at a predetermined circumferential position of the stopper 40 so that it may be fitted into a positioning groove 3a extending longitudinally in the cylinder head 1.
- a protrusion 3 is formed on an uppermost part of the cylinder head 1 to be higher than the part where the mounting hole 2 for the injector 10 is drilled.
- the positioning groove 3a is formed on the side wall of the protrusion 3.
- the positioning groove 3a extends in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the injector 10, that is, in the injector mounting direction. The position of the injector 10 in the rotating direction is determined by inserting the protrusion 40a in the positioning groove 3a, thus determining the direction of fuel injection from the injection hole 24.
- the cylinder screw 60 is shaped cylindrically.
- a male thread 60a formed on its outer periphery wall is thread-engaged with a female thread 2a formed on the inner peripheral wall of the mounting hole 2.
- a tapered surface 60b is formed on the cylinder screw 60 at the top axial end opposite to the side of injection hole 24 in such a manner that its inner diameter increases in the upward direction in Fig. 1, that is, as it is farther from the injection hole 24.
- the cylinder screw 60 presses the flange 22c in the longitudinal direction of injector 10, leaving a spacing between the tapered surfaces 11b and 60b.
- the tapered surface 60b presses the tapered surface 11b in a direction opposite to the injector mounting direction leaving a space between the bottom axial end of the cylinder screw 60 and the annular flange 22c. That is, the cylinder screw 60 abuts the flange 22c or the tapered surface 60b at its both axial ends which are opposite in position in the axial direction of the injector 10.
- a washer 61 is placed on a stepped part 2b of the mounting hole 2.
- the injector 10 is attached to and detached from the cylinder head in the following manner.
- the cylinder screw 60 is capable of abutting the injector 10 at both ends in the direction of attaching the injector 10 to the cylinder head 1 and in the direction of detaching the injector 10 from the cylinder head 1.
- the injector 10 can be attached to and detached from the cylinder head 1 by the use of one cylinder screw 60.
- the injector 10 can be lifted axially in the detaching direction, the injector 10 can be detached from the cylinder head 1 with ease without damaging the injector 10 and the cylinder head 1 even under the condition that the soot or the similar substance is sticking between the nozzle part of the injector 10 and the cylinder head 1. Therefore, the injection characteristics of the injector 10 thus detached can be maintained so that the injector 10 may be reused.
- the thread-engagement part between the retaining nut 22 and the housing 11 is made shorter than in the first embodiment.
- An annular flange 11c which protrudes radially outwardly and functions as the second engagement part is provided on the outer periphery of the housing 11.
- the flange 11c is near the end of the thread-engagement part and opposite to the injection hole 24.
- the flange 11c as the second engagement part is located radially at substantially the same elevation as the bottom end of the stationary core 31 (air gap between the cores 30 and 31) so that it is located more closely to the injection hole 24 than the tapered surface 11b as the second engagement part of the first embodiment.
- the male thread 60a is provided around the outer peripheral wall of the cylinder screw 60 for thread-engagement with the female thread 2a of the mounting hole 2.
- the cylinder screw 60 is formed with a small diameter part 60c at the lowermost part which is close to the injection hole 24.
- the inner diameter of small diameter part 60c is smaller than the flanges 22c and 11c.
- the axial length of the small diameter part 60c is shorter than the axial distance between the flanges 11c and 22c.
- the flange 11c as the second engagement part is provided at a position close to the injection hole 24 as described above, the flange 11c as well as the flange 22c are located within the cylinder head 1 under the condition the injector 10 is attached to the cylinder head 1 as shown in Fig. 2. Accordingly, even in the case that a large force is applied from the cylinder screw 60 to the flange 11c to detach the injector 10 from the cylinder head 1 against sticking of soot and similar substance between the nozzle part of the injector 10 and the cylinder head 1, the deformation which may be caused in the injector 10 will be reduced to less than in the first embodiment owing to the shortened distance between the soot-stuck part and the flange.
- the third embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is similar to the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1.
- the housing 11 and the nozzle body 20 are coupled in the injector 10 as follows.
- the nozzle body 20 is inserted turnably within the retaining nut 22 and the housing 11.
- An axial bottom end surface 20b of the nozzle body 20 is held in abutment with an upper end surface 22d of the retaining nut 22, preferably through an annular ring (not shown).
- the retaining nut 22 is thread-engaged with the housing 11 as in the first embodiment.
- the stopper 40 which functions as a rotation restricting member is shaped annularly and fixed to the stationary core 30 by welding, brazing or the like.
- the stopper 40 may be made integrally with the stationary core 30.
- the protrusion 40a which is inserted into the positioning groove 3a as a recess part is provided at a predetermined circumferential position.
- Two cuts 40b are formed on the stopper 40 at both sides which crosses perpendicularly to the direction of the protrusion 40a of the stopper 40 so that the injector 10 may be held with ease by gripping the cuts 40b.
- tilting of the injector 10 may be prevented by gripping the cuts 40b of the stopper 40 by an appropriate tool.
- the protrusion 40a is engaged in the groove 3a and restricted from turning in the direction of tightening the injector 10, it is only required that the injector 10 be held in position by the tool to the extent that the injector 10 does not tilt.
- injector mounting operation can be simplified. While tightening the cylinder screw 60, the protrusion 40a is restricted by the positioning groove 3a from turning in the rotating direction.
- the tightening force of the cylinder screw 60 applied in the rotating direction does not exert directly onto the injector 10.
- a thin annular ring (not shown) being inserted as a sliding member in the abutment part between the cylinder screw 60 and the retaining nut 22, the cylinder screw 60 will slide on the thin annular ring even when the cylinder screw 60 is tightened under the abutment with the retaining nut 22. As a result, the rotating force of the cylinder screw 60 will not exert directly onto the retaining nut 22, that is, onto the injector 10.
- the injector 10 when the injector 10 is attached to the cylinder head 1 by the cylinder screw 60, the thread-engaging force in the rotating direction will not exert directly onto the abutment part between the cylinder screw 60 and the retaining nut 22 and the abutment part between the protrusion 4a and the positioning groove 3a. Therefore, the twisting force, which will exert on the magnetic circuit constituting members of the injector 10, the adjusting pipe 33 as an injection quantity adjusting member for adjusting the biasing force of the spring biasing the valve member and the like all being housed between the above two abutment parts, will be minimized.
- the injection characteristics of the injector 10, that is, injection timing and injection quantity of the injector 10, can be maintained without being not altered by changes in the air gap between the cores 30 and 31 and biasing force on the valve member, by degradation of sliding characteristics of the movable members, or degradation of fixing strength at the fixed parts between members in the injector 10.
- the fuel pipe 50 is connected to the injector 10 after mounting the injector 10 on the cylinder head 1.
- the pipe connector 51 is fixed to the end of the fuel pipe 50.
- the pipe connector 51 and the injector 10 are connected by thread-engaging the retaining nut 52 with the injector 10. Because the retaining nut 52 and the injector 10 are in direct thread-engagement with each other, the tightening force in the rotation direction of the retaining nut 52 exerts directly onto the injector 10 as the thread-engagement proceeds.
- the tightening force of the retaining nut 52 in the rotation direction does not exert on the injector 10 which is mostly at the injection hole side from the stopper 40. Therefore, the twisting force does not exert on the magnetic circuit constituting members, adjusting pipe 33 and the like which are housed within the injector 10 existing at the injection hole side from the stopper 40.
- the injection characteristics of the injector 10, that is, injection timing and injection quantity of the injector 10 can be maintained without being not altered by changes in the air gap and biasing force on the valve member, by degradation of sliding characteristics of the movable members, or degradation of fixing strength at the fixed parts between members in the injector 10.
- the protrusion 40a is restricted by the recess 3a from turning in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation at the time of mounting the injector 10 and connecting the fuel pipe 50 so that the injector 10 is also restricted from turning as well.
- the twisting force does not exert on the magnetic circuit constituting members, adjusting pipe 33 and the like which are housed within the injector 10.
- the injection characteristics of the injector 10, that is, injection timing and injection quantity of the injector 10 can be maintained without being not altered by changes in the air gap and biasing force on the valve member, by degradation of sliding characteristics of the movable members, or degradation of fixing strength at the fixed parts between members in the injector 10.
- the injector 10 thus detached can be reused.
- the protrusion 40a is engaged with the positioning groove 3a in both rotating directions of the injector 10 in this embodiment, the protrusion 40a may be engaged with the groove 3a only in the tightening direction of the cylinder screw 60 and the retaining nut 52.
- the injector 10 is restricted from rotating by providing the protrusion 40a on the injector 10 and the recess 3a in the cylinder head 1 in this embodiment, the recess 3a and the protrusion 40a may be provided in the injector 10 and on the cylinder head 1, respectively.
- the injector 10 is detached from the cylinder head 1 by loosening the thread-engagement between the cylinder screw 60 and the cylinder head 1 and thereby pressing the housing 11 upwardly in this embodiment, it may be so modified that only the cylinder screw 60 is detached from the cylinder head 1 at the time of loosening the thread-engagement between the cylinder screw 60 and the cylinder head 1.
- the injector 10 may be detached from the cylinder head 1 by gripping and pulling out the injector 10 by an appropriate tool.
- the injector 10 is attached to the cylinder head 1 by the tightening force of the cylinder screw 60 for the thread-engagement with the cylinder head 1, it is also possible to mount the injector 10 in the cylinder head 1 by fixedly engaging a cylindrical member fitted on the injector 10 with the injector 10 and pressing the cylindrical member in the mounting direction to the cylinder head 1 by the use of an appropriate tool.
- the fourth embodiment shown in Fig. 5 is also similar to the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1.
- the flange 22c abuts the cylinder screw 60 at an axial lower end 60d of the thread-engagement part between the housing 11 and the retaining nut 22.
- This end 60d is on the side in the mounting direction of the injector 10 and is opposite to an axial upper end 22e of the thread-engagement part in the injector mounting direction. This position is distanced from the air gap 36 provided between the movable core 30 and the stationary core 31 in the injector mounting direction.
- the amount of deformation in the thickness of the flange 22c increases with the thickness.
- the magnetic circuit constituting members in the injector 10 such as the stationary core 31 and movable core 30 may deform resulting in shortening of the air gap 36.
- the biasing force of the spring 32 which biases the movable core 32 may be changed also due to the deformation of the members. It may also occur that the sliding characteristics of the movable part in the injector 10 degrade or the fixing strength between the members is weakened.
- the injector performance expected at the time of manufacturing can not be provided. According to this embodiment, however, because the axial length to which the tightening force of the cylinder screw 60 is applied is shortened, the deformation of the members in the injector 10 is reduced as shown in Fig. 6 so that changes in the fuel injection characteristics may be reduced. Further, because the position where the tightening force of the cylinder screw 60 exerts is on the side of the air gap 36 in the injector mounting direction, the shortening of the air gap 36 is reduced to a possible minimum.
- the cylinder screw 60 and the mounting hole 2 have no threads on the respective outer peripheral wall and the inner peripheral wall.
- the injector 10 is not fixedly engaged in the cylinder head 1 but held reciprocably movably.
- the cylinder screw 60 abuts the flange 22c of the retaining nut 22, at the axial end 60d located at the side of the thread-engagement part between the housing 11 and the retaining nut 22 in the injector mounting direction than the side of the same part in the direction opposite to the injector mounting direction, to press the flange 22c toward the washer 61 in the same manner as in the foregoing embodiments.
- a pressing member 80 has a pair of arms 81 which abut the top surface of the end 60e of the cylinder screw 60.
- the housing 11 is formed with a pair of recesses on radial sides of its outer peripheral wall.
- the arms 81 abut those recesses from both sides to determine the position of the injector 10 in its rotating direction.
- the arms 81 are formed with respective protrusions 82 at the connecting part therebetween.
- the protrusions 82 fit in recesses 4 formed on the surface of the cylinder head 1.
- the injector 10 fitted in the cylinder screw 60 is inserted into the mounting hole 2.
- the protrusion 82 is then fitted in the recess 4 while restricting the rotational position of the injector 10 by the arms 81 of the pressing member 80.
- a bolt 83 is threaded into the cylinder head 1 so that the arms 81, with its protrusion 82 functioning as a fulcrum, presses the cylinder screw 60 in the injector mounting direction thus attaching the injector 10 to the cylinder head 1.
- the injector 10 can be detached from the cylinder head 1, once the bolt 83 is loosened and disengage the pressing member 80 from the injector 10.
- a cylinder screw (60) is fitted around an injector (1) axially movably between a tapered surface (11b) and a flange (22c).
- the cylinder screw (60) presses down the flange (22c) in a direction to attach the injector (10) to a cylinder head (1) and presses up the tapered surface (11b) in a direction to detach the injector (10) from the cylinder head (1).
- a stopper (40) is formed annularly at the top of the injector (10) and has a protrusion (40a). With the protrusion (40a) being engaged in a positioning groove (3a) of the cylinder head (1), the injector (10) is restricted from being turned in both rotating directions.
- the injector (10) can be attached to and detached from the cylinder head (1) with ease by only one cylinder screw (60) without turning the injector (10).
- the flange (22c) of a retaining nut (22) to which the tightening force of the cylinder screw (60) exerts has a shortened axial length so that deformation in injector constituting members is reduced and changes in the fuel injection characteristics are reduced.
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- A fuel injection apparatus for injecting fuel into an engine when mounted in a mounting hole on a cylinder head, the apparatus comprising:an injector (10) having a first engagement part (22c) and a second engagement part (11b, 11c) located axially oppositely; anda mounting member (60) fitted around an outer periphery of the injector (10) for attaching the injector (10) to the cylinder head (1) through a thread-engagement with the cylinder head (1), the attachment member (60) being constructed to abut and press the first engagement part (22c) in a direction the injector (10) is attached to the cylinder head (1) through the thread-engagement with the cylinder head (1), and the mounting member (60) being constructed to abut and press the second engagement part (11b, 11c) in an opposite direction when the thread-engagement with the cylinder head (1) is loosened to detach the injector (10) from the cylinder head (1).
- The, apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:the first engagement part (22c) and the second engagement part (11c) are located axially within the mounting hole (2) of the cylinder head (1) under the condition the injector (10) is attached to the cylinder head (1).
- The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein:the injector (10) is an electromagnetic type including a movable core (30) and a stationary core (31) with an air gap (36) therebetween; andthe second engagement part (11c) is located at substantially the same elevation as the air gap (36) at radially outside the air gap (36).
- The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 through 3, wherein:the mounting member (60) is fitted around the injector (10) axially and circumferentially movably between the first engagement part (22c) and the second engagement part (11b, 11c).
- The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:the second engagement part (11b) is formed with a tapered surface; andthe mounting member (60) is formed with a tapered surface which faces the tapered surface of the second engagement part (11b).
- A fuel injection apparatus for injecting fuel into an engine when mounted in a mounting hole on a cylinder head, the apparatus comprising:an injector (10) having a rotation restricting member (40) engageable with the cylinder head (1) to restrict a rotation in at least one rotating direction; anda mounting member (60) for attaching the injector (10) to the cylinder head (1) axially while keeping the rotation restricting member (40a) in engagement with the cylinder head (1).
- The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:the rotation restricting member (40) has a protrusion (40a) engageable with a recess (3a) provided in the cylinder head (1) to restrict the rotation in the one rotating direction.
- The apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising:a fuel pipe (50); anda connecting member (52) thread-engageable with the injector (10) at an end of the injector (10) for connecting the fuel pipe (50) to the injector (10), the connecting member (52) being disabled by the rotation restricting member (40) to turn the injector (10) when threaded along the injector (10).
- The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein:the injector (10) includes a thread-engageable part for a thread-engagement with the connecting member (52), a magnetic circuit constituting member (30, 31) and an injection quantity metering member (32, 33); andthe rotation restricting member (40) is positioned between the thread-engageable part and at least one of the magnetic circuit constituting member (30, 31) and the injection quantity metering member (32, 33).
- The apparatus according to any one of claims 6 through 9, wherein:the mounting member (60) has a cylinder screw fitted around the injector (10) and threadable into the cylinder head (1), the cylinder screw (60) being constructed to press the injector (10) to the cylinder head (1) when threaded into the cylinder head (1) to mount the injector (10) in the cylinder head (1).
- A fuel injection apparatus for injecting fuel into an engine when mounted in a mounting hole on a cylinder head, the apparatus comprising:an injector (10) having a nozzle body (20) provided with an injection hole (24) at an end thereof and a housing (11) located oppositely to the injection hole (24) of the nozzle body (20);a retaining member (22) engaged with the housing (11) to retain the nozzle body (20) to the housing (11);a mounting member (60) fitted around the injector (10) and abutting axially the retaining member (22) at an end (60d) of an engagement part between the retaining member (22) and the housing (11), the end (60d) of the engagement part being located closer to the injection hole (24) than another end (22e) of the engagement part; anda pressing member (2a, 60a, 80, 83) pressing the mounting member (60) in a direction of mounting the injector (10) thereby to mount the injector (10) to the cylinder head (1).
- The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:the pressing member (2a, 80, 83) includes a thread (2a, 60a) between the cylindrical member (60) and the cylinder head (1).
- The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:the pressing member (2a, 80, 83) includes a member (80, 83) abutting the mounting member (60) at a location outside of the cylinder head (1) and a member (83) pressing the abutting member (80) in the direction of mounting the injector (10) thereby to mount the injector (10) to the cylinder head (1).
- The apparatus according to any one of claims 11 through 13, wherein:the retaining member (22) includes a flange (22c) extending radially outwardly and having a surface which is abutted by the mounting member (60) at a side opposite to the injection hole (24).
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Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP18921396A JPH1030528A (en) | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-18 | Fuel injector |
JP18921296A JPH1030527A (en) | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-18 | Fuel injector |
JP189212/96 | 1996-07-18 | ||
JP189213/96 | 1996-07-18 | ||
JP190537/96 | 1996-07-19 | ||
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